Jesse Lizarraga (born August 25, 1950), better known by the

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Jesse Hernandez, is an American

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, referee, trainer, and actor.

Professional wrestling career

He is the owner of the independent wrestling organization

Empire Wrestling Federation The Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) is an professional wrestling promotion, independent wrestling promotion based in Covina, California. It is owned and operated by Jesse Hernandez. The EWF is also tied to Hernandez's wrestling school, ''The Scho ...

, based in

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. He has trained or helped train wrestlers such as Melina Perez, Rico Constantino,

Rocky Romero John Raymond Rivera (born October 28, 1982), better known by his ring name Rocky Romero (ロッキー・ロメロ, ''Rokkī Romero''), is a Cuban-American professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and All Elite Wrest ...

, Ricky Reyes, Alex Koslov, Kia "Awesome Kong" Stevens, Lena Yada and Layla El. He formed the School of Hard Knocks training facility with Bill Anderson, who left to form his own training camp. In 2006, he was inducted into the Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame. Lizarraga has refereed for promotions including WWF/World Wrestling Entertainment,

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, L.P.W.A. Ladies Professional Wrestling Association, Universal Wrestling Federation, and

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, Paul Alperstein's American Wrestling Federation. Acting roles for Lizarraga include the films ''Grunt: The Wrestling Movie'', ''Bad Guys'', ''Frontera Sin Ley'', ''

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,'' ''

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,'' and the TV series '' Mad About You''.

Championships and accomplishments

* Cauliflower Alley Club **Golden Ear Award (2014)

References

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* 1950 births American male professional wrestlers American professional wrestlers of Mexican descent Living people People from San Bernardino, California Professional wrestlers from California Professional wrestling promoters American professional wrestling referees University of Missouri alumni {{US-prowrestling-bio-stub